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BILL MACBRIEN AND PHOENIX QUALIFIED FOR THE GLOBAL SOLO CHALLENGE
29th June 2023
At 1600h local time, Bill arrived in Cherbourg France having completed the required 2,000 nautical mile single-handed qualification demanded of each entrant ahead of the Global Solo Challenge (GSC).